An Egyptian court jailed two policemen on Wednesday for seven years for their cruel treatment of an activist whose death helped kindle the popular revolt against Hosni Mubarak.
A lawyer for a group of protesters arrested in 2008 say a law prohibiting protests on U.S. Supreme Court grounds is too broad and violates the First Amendment.
Rajat Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Procter & Gamble, was arrested on Wednesday on insider trading charges, making him the most prominent executive to be accused in a broad U.S. crackdown on illegal leaks of corporate secrets.
Another mass grave holding 267 dead bodies has been discovered in Sirte, the hometown of Moammar Gadhafi. This news preceded the announcement that the Gadhafi family plans to file a war crimes complaint with the International Criminal Court against NATO for its role in Gadhafi's death.
The late pop star earned $170 million in the last year, beating Elvis and Marilyn Monroe.
Greenpeace has sued Dow Chemical, another major chemical company Sasol North America, their public relations firms, and alleged individual employees of Beckett Brown International, claiming the collective went through James Bond-like efforts to dig up reconnaissance on the eco-activist nonprofit.
The approval bolsters Merkel as she prepares to journey to Brussels, Belgium to meet with other European leaders.
Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, was arrested on Monday, on suspicion of domestic violence.
The U.S is seeking to seize almost $71 million in allegedly corrupt assets from the son of the leader of Equatorial Guinea.
The Obama administration is seeking to seize almost $71 million in allegedly corrupt assets from the son of the leader of Equatorial Guinea, including $1.8 million worth of pop star Michael Jackson memorabilia.
Pitching star Roger Clemens on Tuesday asked a federal judge to make the government pay for some of his legal tab in his steroids case after a mistrial was declared because of a miscue by prosecutors.
Action movie star Sylvester Stallone is accused in a lawsuit of copying another writer's screenplay to make The Expendables, a movie about mercenaries hired to defeat a military dictator.
Actress Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan was jailed in Florida on Tuesday on a domestic battery charge after his girlfriend accused him of threatening to throw her off a balcony, police said.
Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt looted $190 million from the bankrupt team to fund his lavish lifestyle, which includes eight homes, according to court documents filed on Tuesday by Major League Baseball.
A nurse said on Tuesday that Michael Jackson sought her help to get the anesthetic propofol as a sleep aid, but she could not persuade the pop star to avoid the drug that ultimately led to his death in 2009.
A 15-year-old sophomore girl accused of stabbing two freshmen with a butcher knife at Snohomish High School was deemed an extreme risk to the community by Judge Michael Downes, who set the 15-year-old's bail at $1 million. The attacks appear to be completely random, motivated by a long history of undisclosed mental illness. The suspect, whose name was withheld due to her status as a juvenile, may still be charged as an adult for first-degree attempted murder.
Nearly a month after being cleared in the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, Amanda Knox will have a reunion with her former Italian boyfriend and co-defendant, Raffaele Sollecito.
Lindsay Lohan is not the only one with legal troubles these days. Her father, Michael Lohan, was arrested Oct. 25 on charges of domestic abuse against girlfriend Kathryn Major. Lohan was arrested in Florida on charges that he grabbed his girlfriend's arms and pushed her down multiple times.
The incidents prompted massive protests across the whole of Kashmir, amidst denials by the Indian military.
The fame-seeking father allegedly tried to avert going to jail by complaining of chest pains
Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to German lawmakers from all parties on Tuesday to back plans to boost the firepower of the euro zone rescue fund in a vote set to take place hours before Wednesday's crunch EU summit.
Amanda Knox may have been acquitted from the Meredith Kercher murder case on Oct.3 but ever since she has been tangled up in rumors that Kercher's family are getting ready to sue her for $12 million- a claim that was slammed by Kercher's father on Tuesday.